Data Talks

Men argue about what's true. Women argue about who's allowed to say it. That's why the second one always wins in politics. pic.twitter.com/B2e3LHj4TR

— UBERSOY (@UBERSOY1) September 15, 2026

 

Haskell's House, 1924 by Edward Hopper

Haskell's House, 1924 by Edward Hopper (America, 1882-1967)

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Exposure increases interclass marriage but has no detectable effect on interracial marriage

From Who Marries Whom? The Role of Segregation by Race and Class by Benjamin Goldman, Jamie Gracie, and Sonya R. Porter.  From the Abstract:

Americans rarely marry outside their race or class group, a pattern with well-documented implications for inequality and intergenerational mobility. Limited exposure may partly explain these low intergroup marriage rates. We instrument for exposure using variation in childhood neighborhoods based on whether other race and class groups had more opposite-sex children of similar age. Exposure increases interclass (high- and low-parent income) marriage but has no detectable effect on interracial (White and Black) marriage. A spatial marriage model predicts that residential segregation—one of many forms of exposure—accounts for more than one-third of marital sorting by class but less than 5 percent by race.

History

The Abenaki lined up with clubs to beat him. He grabbed the first one and started swinging back.

In 1752, a 24-year-old John Stark was captured by Abenaki warriors while hunting. He was dragged to a village in Canada and taken to the gauntlet:

Two rows of eager young warriors… pic.twitter.com/tnHwxpj0Vi

— History With Jacob (@HistoryWJacob) September 13, 2026

 

An Insight

Whenever anyone claims exponential growth, we know that's a physical impossibility.

The true curve is often an s-curve. In practice, it is very difficult to pin down the long term trend based on noisy observations.

Kudos to CC for buliding this fantastic illustration. https://t.co/ejmzNyDRmt

— Andrew Prock (@andrewprock) September 14, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

No sé qué hizo, pero que lo perdonen 🥺 pic.twitter.com/kEMck1s2cR

— Don Perignnon (@DonPerIgnnon) September 11, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

Happy Monday 🙂 pic.twitter.com/c5JlPzsXK0

— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) September 14, 2026

 

DataTalks

Teachers grade girls higher than boys https://t.co/YG3xB3BE4f

— Martin Robinson (@Trivium21c) September 14, 2026

 

My Secret Fantasy by Pamela Hoffmeister

My Secret Fantasy by Pamela Hoffmeister (America, 1955 - )

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History

When Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seat-belt today in 1959, Volvo made the patent free for all competitors to use in order to save lives because it had more value as a free life-saving tool than something to profit from. pic.twitter.com/qbHtnE7rRX

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 13, 2026